Anyone object to making this post? - A running list of what you packed your kids for lunch. Post to it when ever you can (include child's age, etc) and people can always come here to look for ideas? I've seen threads like this before and they are so helpful! (photos if you want, but a list is good!)Specific to kid lunches (special diets and picky eaters very welcome!!)

I will start:

My kids are 2 and 4, they are vegetarian and one is allergic to dairy. We use a laptop lunch box. Today they had the same lunch:

Sandwhich of tofurkey and "tease" with lettuce and some veganese spread (the "tease" is a chesse sub they love, I buy it online) it even melts perfectly, it's good stuff!ApplesauceRaisinsABC cookies (from trader joes)

The girls have the same thing tomorrow too. They each have a Hello Kitty 1 layer bento with sliced cheddar cheese, a molded egg (1 bear, 1 fish), crackers and leftover pizza. Tomorrow I'm grocery shopping, hence the no fruit and veggies!

I made my first bento yesterday for my boys' (5 yr old and 3 yr old) lunch. They loved it! I used the clickety clack 2 tier boxes. In the bottom of the box, I had bite sized pieces of canteloupe and some grapes on long toothpicks. On top tier, I used some silicone cups to divide everything up. A boiled egg on one side (I tried to use the mold, but apparantly, I have the opposite problem that everyone else has, b/c the Amish eggs I have are TOO big and exploded when I tried to mold them, lol! DH ate the exploded one for me.), so they just had a regular boiled egg, but funny enough it molded to the shape of the silicone cups and the kids thought that was cool. Edemame (still in the shell) in the middle) and then I had some crackers on the other side. Even my DH ooh'd and ahh'd over how cute everything turned out! Now the kids are asking for more!

I'm going to do a bento tomorrow for them to eat after swim class, but it will be more of a snack bento.

My 5 yo son has a lot of food allergies (dairy, egg, nuts, sesame and fish), so he can't eat from his school's lunch service. I pack a bento to make what he can eat a little more fun. He uses a two-tier bento box that I picked up from Daiso.

This morning, I packed plain penne pasta in the bottom tier (he does not like sauce on his pasta), and then chunks of leftover prime rib, kiwifruit, baby carrots, and a small slice of corn on the cob in the top tier.

Making bento lunches for DS5, who is allergic to dairy, eggs, nuts, and fish.

peony, those buns look so good and remind me of the ones I used to get at the Japanese or Korean bakeries. Good memories!

Kiddo(10 yrs.old) has been having alot of repeat lunches on a rotation as I have been busy, frugal, using up my freezer stash and look for some fresh new ideas. Today was waffle sections(from the freezer stash), homemade strawberry sauce/compote to dip them in, a hard-boiled quail egg, ham slices and cheddar and swiss cubes. I have to send a late morning snack everyday due to a late lunch period, so that was two homemade mini banana muffins(freezer stash)-one cinnamon, one mini choco. chip and a vanilla pudding cup.